# UI Automation Classic Project Settings

> These project settings apply for Classic activities in Windows - Legacy, and Windows
projects.

These project settings apply for Classic activities in Windows - Legacy, and Windows
projects.

Use **Project Settings** to configure changes at the project level. These global settings impact all activities in the package that have the properties
listed below. For more information, see [Configuring Activity Project Settings](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/docs/configuring-activity-project-settings).

:::important
The properties configured in **Project Settings** only take effect in the activities of the workflow if their properties have not been edited. Editing properties manually
no longer applies the project settings to them.
:::

To configure the UI Automation Classic project settings, follow these steps:

1. In the **Project** panel, go to **Project Settings**.
2. Navigate to **Activities Settings** > **UI Automation Classic**.
3. Modify the settings according to what you want to change.
4. Click **OK** to save changes.

You can reset all settings to their default values or copy all values between the debug and production fields using the **Bulk Actions** drop-down menu at the top of the window.

## Generic

The settings below apply to UI Automation Classic activities in Windows - Legacy, and Windows
projects that have either one of the following properties.

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    Property name 
    Description 
  
 
 
  
    DelayBefore 
    Delay time (in milliseconds) between the previous activity and the current activity. 
  
  
    DelayAfter 
    Delay time (in milliseconds) between the current activity and the next activity. 
  
  
    Timeout (milliseconds) 
    How long to wait for the current activity to be executed before throwing an error. 
  
  
    WaitForReady 
    Before performing the action, wait for the application to become ready to accept input. The following options are available: None - Does not wait for the target to be ready. Interactive - Waits until only a part of the application is loaded. Complete - Waits for the entire application to load.  
  
  
    AlterIfDisabled 
    If set to True , the Select Item action is executed even if the specified UI element is disabled. This property does not apply if the Input Mode property is set to Hardware Events. 
  
  
    Capture Screenshots 
    Dictates if screenshots are captured at design time by all the activities that support this feature. If the setting is set to False , the Remove informative screenshot option from the context menu is disabled. 
  
  
    Show closest matches in the 'Element not found' error message 
    When set to True , this setting shortens the error message that corresponds to an 'Element not found' error. This is useful for protecting sensitive selector information. 
  
 

## Browser

The settings below apply to the **Open Browser** and **Attach Browser** activities.

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    Property name
   
   
    Description
   
  
 
 
  
   
    
     Browser
    
   
   
    Choose the type of browser you want to use from the dropdown menu. The following options are available:
    
     
      
       IE
      
     
    
    
     
      
       Firefox
      
     
    
    
     
      
       Chrome
      
     
     
      
       Edge
      
     
    
    
     
      
       Custom
      
      - Suitable for other Chromium-based browsers, such as JxBrowser.
     
    
   
  
  
   
    
     Private
    
   
   
    If set to
    
     True
    
    , the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.
   
  
  
   
    
     NewSession
    
   
   
    If set to
    
     True
    
    , starts a new session of the selected browser. This option is specific to Internet Explorer.
   
  
  
   
    
     Hidden
    
   
   
    If set to
    
     True
    
    , opens a hidden browser.
   
  
  
   
    
     Enable WebView2 Native Automation
    
   
   
    WebView2 is a technology used to integrate browsers in a desktop application or to render web applications as a desktop application.
                           If set to
    
     True
    
    , The Web2view2 Native Automation project setting can be used to steer the automation of embedded browsers (e.g. embedded
                           Edge) with HTML attribute-based selectors.
   
  
  
   
    
     Enable workaround for simulate click with MV3 extension
    
   
   
    Enables a workaround for the issue where the
    
     Click
    
    activity would fail on certain web page elements when used with the
    
     Simulate
    
    input method.See more details in
    
     Troubleshooting
    
    .This setting applies to all clicks performed with
    
     Simulate
    
    input method - Classic Click, Modern Click etc.
   
  
  
   
    
     CommunicationMethod
    
   
   
    Choose the communication method. The following options are available:
    
     
      
       Native
      
     
    
    
     
      
       WebDriver
      
     
    
   
  
  
   
    
     UserDataFolderMode
    
   
   
    The user data folder mode you want to set. It is used to start the browser with a specific user data folder. There are several
                           options:
    
     
      
       Automatic
      
      - Picture In Picture mode uses a different folder than the default mode, automatically generated if
      
       UserDataFolderPath
      
      is not set.
     
    
    
     
      
       DefaultFolder
      
      - Uses the default browser folder, no matter if it runs in the main or PIP session.
     
    
    
     
      
       CustomFolder
      
      - Uses the folder specified in
      
       UserDataFolderPath
      
      or an auto generated path if
      
       UserDataFolderPath
      
      is not set.
     
    
   
  
  
   
    
     UserDataFolderPath
    
   
   
    The user data folder that the browser uses. If not set, defaults to:

    <pre>%LocalAppData%\UiPath\PIP Browser
                  Profiles\BrowserType</pre>
   
  
  
   
    
     Runtime Browser
    
   
   
    The
    
     Runtime Browser
    
    project setting enables you to switch the browser at runtime. It can be used to execute on another browser than the one used
                           at design time. This converts the browser type and selectors automatically if set. This setting has the following options:
    
     
      
       None
      
      - Maintains the browser type and selectors as defined at design time; when set to
      
       None
      
      , the setting does not influence the runtime execution in any way. This option is selected by default.
     
    
    
     
      
       Chrome
      
      - Adapts the browser type and selector properties for Chrome.
     
    
    
     
      
       Edge
      
      - Adapts the browser type and selectors properties for Edge.
     
    
    
     
      
       Firefox
      
      - Adapts the browser type and selectors properties for Firefox.
     
    
   
  
  
   
    
     Extra arguments for OpenBrowser
                              Chrome
    
   
   
    Extra command line arguments for opening
                           the Chrome browser. Applies to the Classic
    
     Open
                              Browser
    
    and the Modern
    
     Use Browser
    
    activities.
   
  
  
   
    
     Extra arguments for OpenBrowser
                              Edge
    
   
   
    Extra command line arguments for opening
                           the Edge browser. Applies to the Classic
    
     Open
                              Browser
    
    and the Modern
    
     Use Browser
    
    activities.
   
  
  
   
    
     Custom executable path for OpenBrowser
                              Chrome
    
   
   
    Custom executable path for opening the
                           Chrome browser. Applies to the Classic
    
     Open
                              Browser
    
    and the Modern
    
     Use Browser
    
    activities.
   
  
  
   
    
     Custom executable path for OpenBrowser
                              Edge
    
   
   
    Custom executable path for opening the Edge
                           browser. Applies to the Classic
    
     Open
                              Browser
    
    and the Modern
    
     Use Browser
    
    activities.
   
  
  
   
    
     Enable retry for OpenBrowser
                              Chrome
    
   
   
    Retry opening Chrome if the extension
                           NativeHost failed to launch. Applies to the
                           Classic
    
     Open Browser
    
    and the Modern
    
     Use
                              Browser
    
    activities.
   
  
  
   
    
     Enable retry for OpenBrowser
                              Edge
    
   
   
    Retry opening Edge if the extension
                           NativeHost failed to launch. Applies to the
                           Classic
    
     Open Browser
    
    and the Modern
    
     Use
                              Browser
    
    activities.
   
  
  
   
    
     Open browser timeout
                              (seconds)
    
   
   
    Configure the browser startup
                           timeout.
   
  
 

## Robot Logging

Information saved in the Robot execution logs.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Log Target Info** | If set to **True**, the UI Automation Classic activities log **Activity Type**, **Activity Display Name**, and **Selector**.Additionally, for the **Open Browser** activity, **Activity type**, **Activity display name**, and **URL** are logged. |

## Tooltip

The settings below apply to the **Tooltip** activity.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Timer** | Duration time (in milliseconds) until the pop-up is automatically closed. By default, the pop-up does not close. |

## Data Scraping

The settings below apply to the **Extract Structured Data** activity.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **DelayBetweenPagesMs** | The amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait until the next page is loaded. If the loading time of the page is longer, this value should be higher. |

## Element Exists

The settings below apply to the **Element Exists** activity.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Timeout (milliseconds)** | Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run when the element does not exist.. |

## Highlight

The settings below apply to the **Highlight** activity.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **HighlightTime** | The amount of time (in milliseconds) in which the specified UI element is highlighted. |

## Keyboard Events

The settings below apply to the **Copy Selected Text**, **Type Into**, and **Type Secure Text** activities.

:::note
The **SendWindowMessages** and **SimulateType** input methods are mutually exclusive and selecting them both throws an error at Runtime.
:::

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **SendWindowMessages** | If set to **True**, the action is executed by sending a specific message to the target application. This input method can work in the background, is compatible with most desktop apps, but it is not the fastest of the methods. |
| **ClickBeforeTyping** | If set to **True**, the specified UI element is clicked before the text is written. |
| **EmptyField** | If set to **True**, all previously-existing content in the UI element is erased before writing your text. |
| **SimulateType** | If set to **True**, the type action is simulated using the technology of the target application. This input method is the fastest and works in the background. |

## SAP

The [UI Automation Modern Project Settings](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/ui-automation/project-settings-ui-automation-next) for SAP apply to both Classic and Modern UI Automation activities.

## Send Hotkey

The settings below apply to the **Send Hotkey** activity.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **SendWindowMessages** | If set to **True**, the action is executed by sending a specific message to the target application. This input method can work in the background, is compatible with most desktop apps, but it is not the fastest of the methods. |

## Mouse Events

The settings below apply to the **Click**, **Double Click**, **Hover**, and **Extract Structured Data** activities.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **SendWindowMessages** | If set to **True**, the action is executed by sending a specific message to the target application. This input method can work in the background, is compatible with most desktop apps, but it is not the fastest of the methods. |
| **SimulateClick** | If set to **True**, the click action is simulated using the technology of the target application. This input method is the fastest and works in the background. |
| **SimulateHover** | If set to **True**, the hover action is simulated using the technology of the target application. This input method is the fastest and works in the background. |

## Screenshot

The settings below apply to the **Take Screenshot** activity.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **WaitBefore** | Delay time (in milliseconds) before taking the screenshot of the specified UI element. The default amount of time is 300 milliseconds. |

## Other Activities

The setting below applies to the **Inject Js Script** activity.

| Property name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Inject Js Script - Execution world** | Applies the **InjectJs.ExecutionWorld** setting globally. For details, see the [Inject Js Script](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/inject-js-script#options) activity. |